Commandments – Quote Catch

“When we have acquired a spiritual perspective we recognize the commandments not as impediments but as help, aids, guidelines, and allies in our quest for “peace in this world, and eternal life in the world to come” ” (Men of Influence, 7)
“When I was a child I recognized or thought I did, that the commandments of the Lord were His laws and regulations for my guidance. I thought I recognized in the disobedience to those laws that punishment would follow, and as a child, I presume I may have felt that the Lord had so arranged affairs and so ordained matters” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: George Albert Smith, Chapter 18: Stay on the Lord’s Side of the Line
“No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, [God] will never desert us. He never has, and He never will. He cannot do it. It is not His character [to do so]. He is an unchangeable being; the same yesterday, the same today, and He will be the same throughout the eternal ages to come. We have found that God. We have made Him our friend, by obeying His Gospel; and He will stand by us. We may pass through the fiery furnace; we may pass through deep waters, but we shall not be consumed nor overwhelmed. We shall emerge from all these trials and difficulties the better and purer for them if we only trust in our God and keep His commandments. “ Freedom of the Saints, in Collected Discourses, George Q. Cannon
“No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, God will never desert us. He never has, and He never will. He cannot do it. It is against His character to do so. He is an unchangeable being…He will stand by us. We may pass through deep waters, but we shall not be consumed nor overwhelmed. We shall emerge from these trials and difficulties the better and the purer for them if we only trust in our God and keep His commandments.” George Q. Cannon, If Thou Endure It Well, 121
1 Nephi 17:3…Keep commandments and the Lord will (1) nourish you (2) strengthen you, (3) Provide the means whereby you can accomplish what you were commanded
1 Nephi 17:17-18…There are always people making fun of you when strive to obey the commandments
Alma 12:32…God gave commandments AFTER explaining first the Plan of Salvation.
Mosiah 18: 10…If we serve God and keep His commandments then we’ll have His Spirit more abundantly upon us
Mosiah 18: 10…When we’re baptized we covenant to serve God and keep His commandments
Mosiah 15: 26-27…The ones that won’t be in the 1st resurrection and won’t be saved are those that (1) Died in their sins (2) Willfully have rebelled against God (3) Have known the commandments but haven’t kept them
Mosiah 15: 21-22…The 1st resurrection began after Christ’s, and only those who kept the commandments resurrected
Mosiah 12: 33…Keep commandments – saved
Mosiah 10: 13…If faithful to keep Lord’s commandments, then you’ll be favored of the Lord to be heard and answered in prayers
Mosiah 13: 15…Don’t take Lord’s name in vain
Mosiah 13: 20…Honor your father and mother – days prolonged
Mosiah 13: 21…Don’t kill
Mosiah 13: 22…Don’t commit adultery
Mosiah 13: 22…Don’t rob
Mosiah 13: 23…Don’t give false testimony against your neighbor
Mosiah 13: 24…Don’t covet anything from your neighbor
Mosiah 13: 14…God shows mercy to those that love Him and keep His commandments
1 Nephi 3:7…Lord won’t command you something you can’t do
1 Nephi 17:3…three blessings that the Lord gives us if we keep commandments
D&C 29:34-35…Rules, Commandments, and laws all eternal!
Alma 37:35…Obey commandments in youth
1 Nephi 17:50…What the Lord commands, we can do
1 Nephi 20:18-19…Obey commandments and be blessed
2 Nephi 1: 20…And he hath said that: Inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments ye shall prosper in the land, but inasmuch as ye will not keep my commandments ye shall be cut off from my presence.
2 Nephi 4:4… Keep commandments – prosper. Don’t keep commandment – cut off from God’s presence
2 Nephi 30:1…We aren’t better than others, it’s how we keep commandments
2 Nephi 31:10…You can’t follow Christ unless you’re willing to keep his commandments
Jarom 1:9…Keep commandments, prosper in the land
Omni 1:6…Don’t keep commandments, don’t prosper in the land
Mosiah 1:7…Keep commandments so that you prosper in the land
Omni 1:13…Always work according to what the Lord commands
Mosiah 2:22…Keep commandments, prosper in the earth
Mosiah 2:41…Those that keep the commandments are (1) blessed; (2) happy; (3) blessed temporally; (4) blessed spiritually; (5) received in Heaven in eternal happiness (if they continue faithful)
Romans 4:20-21…Be as Abraham and don’t stagger when God makes a promise to you, but have strong faith glorying in God
“Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.” ( Eccles. 12:13.) 12 Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith, (2013), 228–39
Book of Mormon, Mosiah 2:41…Those that keep the commandments are in a blessed and happy state, are blessed in both temporal and spiritual things, and if they are faithful to the end they will be received in heaven happily dwelling with God.
Book of Mormon, Alma 12:32 …Once we knew the plan of redemption, we were then given commandments so that we did not do evil. If we did, then we would have the “second death” which is everlasting spiritual death.
Jacob 3: 5-7… Behold, the Lamanites your brethren, whom ye hate because of their filthiness and the cursing which hath come upon their skins, are more righteous than you; for they have not forgotten the commandment of the Lord, which was given unto our father—that they should have saved it were one wife, and concubines they should have none, and there should not be whoredoms committed among them. 6 And now, this commandment they observe to keep; wherefore, because of this observance, in keeping this commandment, the Lord God will not destroy them, but will be merciful unto them; and one day they shall become a blessed people. 7 Behold, their husbands love their wives, and their wives love their husbands; and their husbands and their wives love their children; and their unbelief and their hatred towards you is because of the iniquity of their fathers; wherefore, how much better are you than they, in the sight of your great Creator?
Jacob 4: 5… “Behold, they believed in Christ and worshiped the Father in his name, and also we worship the Father in his name. And for this intent we keep the law of Moses, it pointing our souls to him; and for this, cause it is sanctified unto us for righteousness, even as it was accounted unto Abraham in the wilderness to be obedient unto the commands of God in offering up his son Isaac, which is a similitude of God and his Only Begotten Son.”
Book of Mormon, Mosiah 2:22 …If you keep the Lord’s commandments, he promises that you will prosper in the land, and bless you. He has said it, so it won’t change.
“We will all be tempted; no man is free from temptation. The adversary will use every means possible to deceive us; he tried to do that with the Savior of the world without success. He has tried it on many other men who have possessed divine authority, and sometimes he finds a weak spot and the individual loses what might have been a great blessing if he had been faithful.” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: George Albert Smith, 2010, Page 10 (Temptation, Deceive, Deceit, Leaders, Blessings, Obedience, Faithfulness, Faithful)
“When I was a child I recognized or thought I did, that the commandments of the Lord were His laws and regulations for my guidance. I thought I recognized in the disobedience to those laws that punishment would follow, and as a child, I presume I may have felt that the Lord had so arranged affairs and so ordained matters in this life that I must obey certain laws or swift retribution would follow. But as I grew older I have learned the lesson from another viewpoint, and now to me the laws of the Lord, so-called, the counsels contained in the Holy Scriptures, the revelations of the Lord to us in this day and age of the world, are but the sweet music of the voice of our Father in heaven in His mercy to us. They are but the advice and counsel of a loving parent, who is more concerned in our welfare than earthly parents can be, and consequently, that which at one time seemed to bear the harsh name of the law to me is now the loving and tender advice of an all-wise Heavenly Father. And so I say it is not hard for me to believe that it is best for me to keep the commandments of God.” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: George Albert Smith, 2010, Page 6
Alma 12:31…Wherefore, he gave commandments unto men, they having first transgressed the first commandments as to things which were temporal, and becoming as gods, knowing good from evil, placing themselves in a state to act, or being placed in a state to act according to their wills and pleasures, whether to do evil or to do good—
“Leaders prepare themselves spiritually as they keep the commandments, study the scriptures and the teachings of latter-day prophets, pray, fast, and humble themselves before the Lord. With this preparation, they are able to receive inspiration to guide them in their personal lives, their family responsibilities, and their callings.” Manual Handbook 2: Administering the Church, Leadership in the church of Jesus Christ